In Paris, dematerialization to facilitate the arrival of foreign students and researchers

The University of Tolbiac, in Paris, in March 2020 (photo illustration).

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With the health crisis, the number of international students enrolled in French universities is estimated at 20% according to Campus France, the organization in charge of international mobility.

To facilitate the arrival of foreign academics, the government published a circular in August giving priority to students and researchers from outside the European Union (EU) in the examination of visa applications. 

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The Cité internationale universitaire de Paris presented this Friday, September 25, its new digital reception system for candidates for international mobility.

The idea is to facilitate administrative procedures for foreign students and researchers.

Until then, applicants had to complete these procedures with the Reception Center for International Students and Researchers (CRECI).

But since September 7, the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, in partnership with the police headquarters of the capital, has set up a platform called

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Welcome Desk Paris

 ”

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The objective is to attract foreign candidates despite a difficult health context.

Until October 30, they will be able to make all their requests related to their stay in France at one time on this site.

Better-received students

For Emmanuel Yborra, of the administration of foreigners at the Paris police headquarters, there will certainly be fewer students this year, but they will be better received.

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We will receive less but better.

That is to say that the whole principle of dematerialized procedures no longer obliges the student or the researcher to go to CRECI to undertake his procedures.

We have a digital access point with an appointment setting which will allow the user to come to CRECI anyway and be accompanied by our agents to complete these dematerialized procedures

 , ”he explains.

The Cité universitaire internationale de Paris has already recorded a 17% drop in admission requests compared to those in 2019.

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